Wyvern wrote:Nothing can be certain until prototype completed and successful

Yep. Instrument design still involves a big slice of trial and error. I was told at the Melton (Meinl-Weston) plant years ago that fully 3/4 of their prototypes end up taken apart or hidden away because they had wonky intonation or inconsistent resonance ('dead' areas).

New Models: The (old) British F Tuba.Many requests here seem intent on obtaining a cheaper version of existing models, or tweaking previous design concepts. Financial priorities are a reality, but sometimes short sighted. When cost is the overriding factor, the musical gains often suffer.My own personal desire would be to bring back a "lost sound" - that of the old B&H "F" tuba, a sound now only heard via recordings. We have a huge lot of German and American type instruments now, even a revival of the old French tuba. However, considering the fact that many late Romantic/early modern British composers used the old British "F" as their model, I feel that a market exists for such an instrument, with real performance potential.

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